provocative

1intended to make people angry or upset; intended to make people argue about somethinga provocative remarkHe doesn't really mean that—he's just being deliberately provocative.The book’s epilogue is deliberately provocative.See related entries:Anger

2intended to make somebody sexually exciteda provocative smileShe was dressed in a highly provocative way.

Word Originlate Middle English: from Old Frenchprovocatif, -ive, from late Latinprovocativus, from provocat-